Meet Our Judges

 

DEREK PETERSON

CEO/Founder of Soter Technologies

Derek Peterson is the Founder and CEO of Soter Technologies.  Mr. Peterson leads a growing team technology experts who devoted to the practical application of technology to improve and save lives. Using advanced sensor and software technology the company develops and delivers innovative solutions for environmental intelligence – to make the world a safe place. Mr. Peterson’s software and innovations have received numerous awards as well as national media attention.  Soter’s Fly Sense vaping detection and anti-bullying sensor has attracted national attention and was featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox 5 New York and many other media outlets across the United States. Mr. Peterson is regularly interviews by the media about entrepreneurship, technology and how it is being used to reduce vaping and prevent bullying  at schools.

 

bob williams

President of IVMatters Inc.

IVMatters was formed in pursuit of providing advisory, strategic planning, marketing, product development and regulatory support to med tech companies. Bob is an active angel investor in the medical device and healthcare information technology space. Prior to founding IV Matters, Bob has served in executive roles for Bracco S.p.A and ACIST Medical Systems INC. Other career highlights include product development and business management of Bracco’s highly successful Empower CT & MR contrast injector lines, novel angiographic injection technologies, patient monitoring systems, CT colonography accessory products, gastroenterology products, medical consumables, invitro diagnostic devices and Healthcare IT product lines. Bob is  also an inventor of 17 issued U.S. medical device patents with numerous pending applications.

 

Laura KLAhre

Owner Blossom Meadow Farms

Laura Klahre’s work life has spanned the Dept of Interior, Peconic Estuary Program, and The Nature Conservancy before incorporating her farm in 2009. Blossom Meadow Farm (www.blossommeadow.com)  in Southold NY specializes in growing organic berries to make award-winning jam (national Good Food Awards, International Flavor Awards, World Jam Festival) and raising mason bees for sale as cocoons. Now widely coined as "regenerative agriculture," Blossom Meadow Farm embraces nature to improve soil health and consistently harvests thousands of pounds of premium fruit each year. 

 

allison singh

Of Counsel with the corporate and intellectual property group at the Long Island law firm Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP.

Allison has practiced law for over fifteen years, and is currently of counsel with the corporate and intellectual property group at the Long Island law firm Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP.  Throughout her career she has guided startups and established companies on worldwide product launches, IP disputes with infringers and employees, licensing deals and regulatory issues.